Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         September and August 2007 and September 2006
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2007                   |       2006        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                      September p  Share|   August r    Share| September    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,373.96   100.00    4,104.07   100.00   4,178.40   100.00      6.58     4.68

 1 Electronic Products                 2,656.22    60.73    2,592.49    63.17   2,660.90    63.68      2.46    (0.18)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               2,035.92    46.55    1,946.69    47.43   1,960.51    46.92      4.58     3.85
   b) Electronic Data Processing         468.44    10.71      490.65    11.96     555.66    13.30     (4.53)  (15.70)
   c) Office Equipment                    29.52     0.67       28.65     0.70      24.83     0.59      3.02    18.89
   d) Consumer Electronics                47.59     1.09       38.82     0.95      39.04     0.93     22.59    21.89
   e) Telecommunication                    4.31     0.10        3.52     0.09      21.26     0.51     22.35   (79.73)
   f) Communication/Radar                 21.85     0.50       23.52     0.57      23.60     0.56     (7.08)   (7.41)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.56     0.06        3.89     0.09       1.92     0.05    (34.19)   33.19
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.92     0.09        3.32     0.08       1.18     0.03     18.04   232.95
   i) Automotive Electronics              42.12     0.96       53.42     1.30      32.91     0.79    (21.16)   28.00
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         193.03     4.41      218.49     5.32     232.02     5.55    (11.65)  (16.81)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   126.79     2.90       70.95     1.73      98.75     2.36     78.70    28.39
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               88.92     2.03       77.46     1.89      66.76     1.60     14.80    33.20
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/               85.87     1.96       70.16     1.71      74.12     1.77     22.40    15.85
 6 Petroleum Products  2/                 76.71     1.75       83.63     2.04     112.16     2.68     (8.28)  (31.61)
 7 Coconut Oil  3/                        62.75     1.43       66.03     1.61      37.53     0.90     (4.98)   67.21
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       57.69     1.32       52.50     1.28      85.52     2.05      9.89   (32.54)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   42.68     0.98       39.74     0.97      39.51     0.95      7.40     8.01
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        35.67     0.82       35.71     0.87      30.55     0.73     (0.10)   16.76

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,426.31    78.33    3,307.14    80.58   3,437.80    82.28      3.60    (0.33)

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       20.58     0.47       19.72     0.48      23.22     0.56      4.31   (11.37)
12 Tuna  5/                               19.23     0.44       17.35     0.42      17.38     0.42     10.81    10.61
13 Copper Concentrates                    18.40     0.42        9.42     0.23       9.56     0.23     95.28    92.37
14 Dessicated Coconut                     15.52     0.35       13.76     0.34      11.71     0.28     12.74    32.48
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              15.12     0.35       12.38     0.30      11.98     0.29     22.10    26.23
16 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  14.95     0.34        7.99     0.19      13.65     0.33     87.18     9.52
17 Gold  6/                               14.74     0.34        8.13     0.20      34.17     0.82     81.40   (56.85)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 9.40     0.21        5.20     0.13       5.01     0.12     80.90    87.62
19 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     6.62     0.15        5.24     0.13       7.63     0.18     26.31   (13.23)
20 Christmas Decor                         6.39     0.15        7.30     0.18       6.67     0.16    (12.43)   (4.15)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.03     0.11        3.99     0.10       4.41     0.11     26.12    14.08
22 Basketworks                             4.71     0.11        5.33     0.13       3.97     0.10    (11.59)   18.69
23 Activated Carbon                        3.44     0.08        2.99     0.07       3.00     0.07     15.00    14.56
24 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.09     0.07        2.43     0.06       3.68     0.09     27.01   (16.01)
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.78     0.06        1.62     0.04       2.04     0.05     71.20    36.52
26 Sugar                                   2.63     0.06       13.39     0.33       4.71     0.11    (80.36)  (44.17)
27 Fertilizers, Manufactured               1.82     0.04       15.34     0.37       1.63     0.04    (88.11)   12.00
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.78     0.04        1.77     0.04       1.94     0.05      0.07    (8.55)
29 Footwear                                1.37     0.03        2.50     0.06       2.20     0.05    (45.28)  (37.77)
30 Others                                780.05    17.83      641.06    15.62     572.05    13.69     21.68    36.36

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         2/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         3/ includes crude and refined.
         4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  November 9, 2007
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